The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act, on which many states' spousal support statutes are based, recommends that courts consider the following factors in making decisions about alimony awards: 1  The age, physical condition, emotional state, and financial condition of the former spouses;
This value is expressed in hours and represents the number of hours before the lamp is at half its original brightness. The expected life of a lamp will vary based on the lamp technology and the projector; however, most projectors offer about 2000 hours. The lamp's success rate is based on a bell curve, so that a majority of (but not all) lamps will meet the lamp life hours specified.
The same lamp, left on 24 hours a day, will last about 34,000 hours. While, a 48-inch fluorescent lamp will, on average, burn for 20,000 to 34,000 hours, the quality of light output gradually decreases over time. The economic life of a fluorescent lamp is only about 60 percent that of its actual burn time.